"Quando é a próxima partida?"

Translation: When is the next game?

[honrubcor]

Is "departure" sport? Maybe. It could be a difficult exercise.

[geneoconnor]

I answered "When is the next game" and it was marked correct..

[vmike1]

Gente, we are talking sports here, not transportation. In context, partida at a bus, train station would make sense and be correct, HOWEVER, when talking sports, partida is understood as game, match, competion 'tween competing teams.

[J-Martinez66]

Departure sounds like leaving... can any one please explain why "When is the next departure?" a correct translation "When is the next Game?" makes a lot more sense to me

[ForrestMou]

I think the best word to use for partida is match in terms of sports. Partida is also a word for departure, like a plane departure.

[grihau]

Thanks. At least the hint says match. Unfortunately not the default translation...

[J-Martinez66]

So in this case it was based on context. Thanks!

[basstaman79]

Match, game.... But definitely not departure

[Paulenrique]

Why not?

[basstaman79]

because this question was in the Sports unit, so i assumed that the questions are all related with sports situations, not transportation or any other. "departure" means something completely different than "match" or "game" , that's how i related it. i know also that the sentence can also used as much as for sports and for transportation. i hope it helps.

[Kele981]

What happens here is essential to learn a new language.. now you know that partida means departure and match, depends the phrase or the context.. therefore, you could write that (opinion) about the translation.. I wouldn't learn with a better way.. thanks DUOLINGO

[Paulenrique]

I see. I just couldn't see which unit this sentence was related to.

[Hubert384667]

Why is Duolingo always trying to to confuse us??
Isn't "Quando é a próxima jogo" not only saying the same thing, but easier to learn?

[Paulenrique]

"Quando é o próximo jogo?"